NHS
Catering Assistant
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Job Description
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- No formal qualifications necessary however must have good reading and writing skills.
- Desire and ability to develop new skills
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
- Managing own time and resources
- Experience of working as part of a team.
- Experience of working within a catering environment.
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in a team.
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work to deadlines and remain focused when working alone
- No formal qualifications necessary however must have good reading and writing skills.
- Desire and ability to develop new skills
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
- Managing own time and resources
- Experience of working as part of a team.
- Experience of working within a catering environment.
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in a team.
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work to deadlines and remain focused when working alone
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for Catering Assistants and Kitchen Porters to join team QEH.
As part of the Catering Team you will be assisting in all aspects of food preparation, delivery, service, wash-up cleaning duties, Till work customer service relating to the provision of catering services to Patients, Staff, Visitors.
You will have previous experience managing your own time and resources and experience of working within a team. No formal qualifications are required for this position however you must have good reading and writing skills. These positions will require staff to work at various times throughout the day as the department is open from 6am through to 3am .
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen to join theCateringTeam within The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The Catering Department caters for 1,500 main meals daily providing a service to patients, staff and visitors. Patients enjoy a choice from individual menus, which are then served by trained staff in the Catering Department using the belt system, which enables the complete meal to be arranged on individual trays. Where appetites vary considerably, as on wards for the elderly and children's units, meals are served on the ward according to their individual needs. Staff enjoy a similarly wide choice and select their meals in The Hub Dining Room .
You will be working within the Catering Dept. where you may work in the Main Kitchen ,The Hub your workload will include emptying and cleaning the food trolleys, cleaning the kitchen, taking in deliverers from the loading bay and transporting them to the main kitchen , transporting meal trolleys to and from the wards and answering the telephone to take orders from the wards. You will also be required to work in the central dishwasher, pot wash area and cleaning equipment of the main kitchen and to serve meals for patients in the main kitchen.
You will be required to work as part of a team to deliver a quality service as directed by policies and procedures which are monitored by Supervisory Staff. Catering Assistants and Kitchen Porters will work closely between the Kitchen, Dining Room and Wards.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.
We love working here and think you will too.
Details
Date posted
25 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£24,465 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
426-054-25CR
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gayton Road
Kings Lynn
PE30 4ET
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Job responsibilities
For further details about this vacancy, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Job responsibilities
For further details about this vacancy, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Education
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Skills/Ability/Knowledge
Essential
Education
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Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Skills/Ability/Knowledge
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT
Address
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gayton Road
Kings Lynn
PE30 4ET
Employer's website
https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT
Address
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gayton Road
Kings Lynn
PE30 4ET
Employer's website
https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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